命水

Chinese

		life; fate	water; river
simp. and trad. (命水)		命	水

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): meng⁶ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): miang⁵ sui²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: meng⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: mehng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: meng⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méng⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: miang⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiaŋ³² sui⁵⁵/

Noun

命水

1. (Cantonese) fate; fortune

Synonyms

• 命數／命数 (mìngshù)
• 命途 (Hokkien)
• 命運／命运 (mìngyùn)
• 字運／字运 (cê-ông) (Eastern Min, Hokkien)
• 定數／定数 (dìngshù)
• 宿命 (sùmìng) (Buddhism)
• 氣數／气数 (qìshù) (literary)
• 氣運／气运 (qìyùn) (literary or Southern Min)
• 造物 (zàowù) (obsolete)
• 運命／运命 (Hokkien, literary or Hakka)
• 運氣／运气
• 運途／运途 (Hokkien)
• 運道／运道 (yùndào)

 

References

• 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing